Amanda Purvis is a Training Manager with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KP ICD) at TCU. As training Manager, Amanda’s main focus is instructing professionals working with children who have experienced trauma, in Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®). TBRI, a holistic, attachment-based, and trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children, offering systemic implementation and consultation support to systems and organizations across the globe.
Amanda earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Metropolitan State University in Denver, CO. She began her career working in Child Protective Services as an intake worker. She then transitioned to foster care and post-adoption support, where she spent a decade of her career before beginning her work with the Purvis Institute in December 2017. She received her Master’s Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Texas Christian University. Amanda lives in Colorado with her children.